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I shot a few Texas-sized deer that fell over and actually vibrated when shot with the 220. And I shot a few that acted like they had not even been shot. That's about the time I decided to go back to my other rifle, which was a 270. The ranch foreman trusted my shooting and would ask me to go get camp meat or to just shoot does when I saw them (gave the meat to local schools back then), since the ranch had targeted herd reduction numbers. I was shooting 10 or more per day. Efficiency was important, and the 220 just wasn't efficient enough. The 270 was plenty efficient, and for the record, I was using those first generation Nosler Ballistic Tips.
The 220 was a hammer about 70% of the time. I was doing way too much tracking till I went to the 270.
That was a long time ago, and bullet choices are better now, but the 220 and the 223 are , to me, still marginal for deer.
The 220 was a hammer about 70% of the time. I was doing way too much tracking till I went to the 270.
That was a long time ago, and bullet choices are better now, but the 220 and the 223 are , to me, still marginal for deer.